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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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